The pattern to succeed

While the serious target shooter may agonise about stock dimensions, barrel length and so on, what is often forgotten is the importance of ballistics, that is except for the very best of them.

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Modern great

This series was originally conceived to focus on potential all time greats of clay target shooting, but deviates from the original concept in only the second instalment. This is because our subject’s rise to pre-eminence in his game has been

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A gun making legend

Daniele Perazzi, who has died aged 80, was one of the very few genuinely innovative gunmakers in the second half of the 20th century. He will be best remembered for the design of the Perazzi MX8. While other manufacturers had

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Onwards & Upwards

The Italian maker Guerini continues to maintain its market share in the UK based on quality of manufacture and presentation at prices that compete favourably with their competitors. The new Summit Ascent Trap model is no exception, and also has

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A Classic Krieghoff

The Krieghoff over and under, which has its origins in the USA and was extensively redesigned in Germany, has now received the attentions of the British

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Beretta Xcells

Vic Harker tests the A400 Xcel – a budget semi-auto with no compromise on quality The repeating shotgun has always held a special appeal for me. It was of course the Americans who first designed the best and most reliable

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Place your bets

Vic Harker weighs up the competition in the Men’s Double Trap event   The most recent clay target event included in the Olympic Games in 1996 is Double Trap. That Great Britain is considered a serious contender for a medal

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Olympic Skeet at London

Skeet shooting became an Olympic discipline in 1968 and there was every justification for including this highly skilled form of clay target shooting alongside Trap. In its Olympic form, Skeet has produced a breed of gun handlers second to none.

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Gun test: Krieghoff K-80 half-rib

Vic Harker looks at a new Krieghoff that won a medal in the World Championships as a prototype There is an increasing trend among the leading firearms manufacturers to wave the conclusions of their focus groups in our faces to

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Place Your Bets

We are now in the Olympic Year and, so far as the shooting sports are concerned, which countries will be competing in London and how many quota places they have has mostly been decided. Winning a quota place in one

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